Bhubaneswar, Jan. 16 -- Raising major concerns for the State government, a yearly survey report on the standard of primary education across all the States has revealed decline in quality of education.
The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) (Rural) 2018 revealed that only around 58% children studying in class V have knowledge of Class II texts. The report claims that 3.2 % students studying in standard V can't identify numbers from 1 to 9, while only 13.8 % students can recognise numbers from 1 to 8 and only 33.1 % students can recognize numbers between 10 and 99. While only 24.5% students in class V know subtraction, only 25.4% students can do division. Among class III students, the 2018 survey revealed that only 30.9% students can d...